Thursday, February 14, 2013
Rugs to go with Ikea Janette curtains
Recently I got a question about what sort of rug would one put with the Ikea Janette curtains that are (no longer) hanging in my dining room.
Because the curtains are a very large multi-colored floral pattern, I would stick to a simple graphic rug, such as stripes or chevron (or even a solid), and probably not more than two colors in the rug. This is a personal preference of mine--I like bold, large-scale patterns in my curtains paired with fairly simple rugs.
The Janette curtains have a very greeny-yellow citron as the dominant color, and then black, navy, teal, white, and pale mint as the complimentary colors, so there is a wealth of colors to pull from. The citron green is a very intense, acidic color, so I wouldn't try to match it or even stay in that color family. Depending on the furniture in the room I'd probably concentrate on finding a black and white or a navy and white rug to ground that bright citron green. If you like more color, I think a blue-ish teal would be a great match.
Here are eight rugs that I think would look good.
moroccan tile / chevron / striped Rand / greek key / herringbone chevron / teal soho / blue white dot / blue trellis
Like so:
My favorite is the black and white herringbone stripe--its a fresh take on the ubiquitous black and white Ikea Rand/Madeline Weinrib rug that is everywhere these days (yes, including my own living room). What would you put with those curtains?
Because the curtains are a very large multi-colored floral pattern, I would stick to a simple graphic rug, such as stripes or chevron (or even a solid), and probably not more than two colors in the rug. This is a personal preference of mine--I like bold, large-scale patterns in my curtains paired with fairly simple rugs.
The Janette curtains have a very greeny-yellow citron as the dominant color, and then black, navy, teal, white, and pale mint as the complimentary colors, so there is a wealth of colors to pull from. The citron green is a very intense, acidic color, so I wouldn't try to match it or even stay in that color family. Depending on the furniture in the room I'd probably concentrate on finding a black and white or a navy and white rug to ground that bright citron green. If you like more color, I think a blue-ish teal would be a great match.
Here are eight rugs that I think would look good.
Like so:
My favorite is the black and white herringbone stripe--its a fresh take on the ubiquitous black and white Ikea Rand/Madeline Weinrib rug that is everywhere these days (yes, including my own living room). What would you put with those curtains?
6 comments:
Lisa, this is looking great. You found a beautiful selection of rugs. I actually like the Moroccan tile one the best. I think the less white will help hide kids messes. Tough choice, good luck.
Even though not really the same blue as in the drapes, I like your choice of the blue trellis the best! Love Ikea drapes!
I was looking at this, and thinking, oh I don't really like the black as much as the other two. Then I read your sentence about liking the black one best, and I felt kind of bad. :-P
I like teal soho (your option one) the best.
I also vote for #3. Not sure how it would play IRL, but on the screen that's the one the works for me.
i love #3 :-)
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